Dans les années 1980, à travers l'Europe. Deux frères sont amoureux de la même femme...

A young man spends a summer in Italy where he meets his idol, Gore Vidal, who teaches him about life, love, and politics.

Set in Vilnius, a modern city still in search for its relation to the past, three parallel stories with three average people marooned in a state of change, looking to the future with hope, but not letting go of constricting and reassuring fears of their past.

一个奋发向上的大学生宋弘政，曾希望通过考研继续深造，但却因经济条件被迫放弃。当他临近毕业时，由于找不到工作而走投无路。后来他受到同学罗彰的指点，结识了一位考研成功的学长童润中。在童润中的引导和支持下，宋弘政重新认识到考研的意义，终于坚定地踏上了漫漫考研之路……